Registering The Drive - Western Digital My Book User Manual

To customize your drive settings for the best possible performance, on either the
WD SmartWare Drive Settings screen or the drive management Drive Settings screen
(see Figure 11 on page 24):
IF you want to . . .
Use a password to keep others
from accessing the files on your
drive,
Change your password,
Remove password protection from
your drive,
Register your drive to receive free
technical support during the
warranty period and be kept up-to-
date on the latest WD products,
Run drive diagnostics and status
checks,
Specify an inactive time interval to
turn off your drive,
Erase your drive so you can retrieve
the space and start over with a fresh
set of backups,
Change the option that checks for
software updates whenever you
reconnect your WD SmartWare
drive to your compute,
Enable the Backup and Retrieve
functions,

Registering the Drive

The WD SmartWare software uses your computer's Internet connection to register your
drive. To register your drive to receive free technical support during the warranty period
and be kept up-to-date on the latest WD products:
1.
Make sure that your computer is connected to the Internet.
2. Click the Settings tab to display either the WD SmartWare Settings tab display or
the drive management Drive Settings screen (see Figure 11 on page 24).
3. If you opened the WD SmartWare Settings tab display, click Set Up Drive to display
the WD SmartWare Drive Settings screen.
THEN click . . . AND see . . .
Security "Password Protecting the
Drive" on page 27.
Security "Changing Your Password" on
page 30.
Security "Turning Off the Drive Lock
Feature" on page 30.
Registration "Registering the Drive" on
page 44.
Diagnostics "Checking Drive Health" on
page 45.
Sleep Timer "Setting the Drive Sleep Timer"
on page 46.
Drive Erase "Erasing the Drive" on
page 47.
Preferences "Checking for Software
(Available on either Updates" on page 52.
the Software Settings
screen or the drive
management Drive
Settings screen)
Preferences "Enabling the Backup and
(Only available on the Retrieve Functions" on
drive management page 49.
Drive Settings
screen)
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